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	Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa, Alison Watts (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.04 avg rating — 89,503 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tao: On the Road and on the Run in Outlaw China by Aya Goda, Alison Watts (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.76 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Oct 06, 2025 09:53PM

Alison liked Malcolm David Brown's review of The Boy and the Dog: "If I tell you that I am a fully signed-up dog person, as opposed to cat person, you can probably guess my major complaint about a lot of contemporary Japanese literature. To be fair, I don't know how much of this is the literature itself and how much" Read more of this review »
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Alison and 82 other people liked Justin Chen's review of Dinner at the Night Library: "2.25 stars An odd choice for the English-speaking market. As a lover of books, cafés, and food, I’ve been thrilled by the recent wave of cozy Asian fiction reaching North America—but I seriously question the publishers’ curation and the care behind th" Read more of this review »
Mar 03, 2026 05:10PM · see review
Alison is currently reading Ryu: Live, Love, Die in the Shadow of the Dragon by Akira Higashiyama	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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